Only Fraction of Youth With Hearing Loss Wearing Aids
Better Hearing Institute study shows chasm between affected numbers and those who actually use aids.
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Smoking Deals Double Whammy to Verbal Understanding
Study shows teens particularly at risk if mothers smoked during pregnancy.
Read MoreNewer Meningitis Vaccine Appears Safe and Effective for Infants
Tolerance and efficacy results fare well against four strains of disease.
Read MoreTeens Respond to Hearing Conservation Message Delivered by House Ear Institute
Smart listening message reaches 19 million young people nationwide via cross-platform outreach.
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Patients Improve Within Minutes of New Therapy
New injectable therapeutics raise prospects for future treatment options.
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Hearing for Other Reasons
Auditory information and its contribution to our well-being and quality of life isn’t all about speech and communication. It extends far beyond the spoken word, and in the never-ending quest for optimized word recognition scores and hearing
Read MoreSonus Program Expansion Aims to Help Solo Practitioners
Group hopes to harness power of the greater hearing health community.
Read MoreAAA Wins ASAEs 2008 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence
“Turn It to the Left” campaign hailed for message to young people.
Read MoreCatherine Gottfred Assumes 2008 ASHA Presidency
Veteran of literacy development to strive for year of advocacy.
Read MoreSonus Announces Employee Promotions
Changes at firm span sales, operations, training divisions.
Read MoreTympanostomy Tubes Unnecessary for Most Children
Research finds procedure too radical for majority of pediatric cases who present with ear infections.
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HR 2008 Web Site Review
HR’s annual review of what’s offered in hearing health care Web sites.
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Audigy: Retooling the Economics of Hearing Aid Distribution
For a “virtual corporation,” as Audigy Group Founder and Managing Member Brandon Dawson characterizes the company, AG has definitely turned some heads since its official launch in May 2005.
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Toward New Software Goals: Delighting Patients with Interactivity
Modern software has great potential to improve efficiency, guide fitting adjustments with objective data, maximize technology while minimizing workload, build patient confidence, and assist in patient counseling.
Read MoreAmygdala Damage May Underlie Concomitant Mental Illness and Drug Addiction
Study links addiction with altered trajectory for neuropsychiatric illness.
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